We've had mail-in ballots for a long time. BUT! The scrutiny to get one is just the same as an in-person vote. Wide-scale mail-in fraud would be very costly both in time and money. Even then? You'd have to do it in specific ridings where it might make a difference: there's no large-scale ballots for Prime Minister or Governor, for example.
So until lately, Canada's elections have been pretty solid. This upcoming one could be like the USA 2020: rigged from the start.
Hmm mail in is not as large as I thought... from 1.5% (2019) to 4.0% (2021).
I must have read that they were prepared for 5 million ballots... but they only got 500k.
You have to send in a photocopy of your ID so it would be hard to add fake voters, but there doesn't seem to be much protection from your vote being changed - probably because historically it hasn't been enough to be a concern.
We've had mail-in ballots for a long time. BUT! The scrutiny to get one is just the same as an in-person vote. Wide-scale mail-in fraud would be very costly both in time and money. Even then? You'd have to do it in specific ridings where it might make a difference: there's no large-scale ballots for Prime Minister or Governor, for example.
So until lately, Canada's elections have been pretty solid. This upcoming one could be like the USA 2020: rigged from the start.
Hmm mail in is not as large as I thought... from 1.5% (2019) to 4.0% (2021).
I must have read that they were prepared for 5 million ballots... but they only got 500k.
You have to send in a photocopy of your ID so it would be hard to add fake voters, but there doesn't seem to be much protection from your vote being changed - probably because historically it hasn't been enough to be a concern.